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Crash Cinema: Biker Classic: "Electra Glide in Blue"+"Use of Mace"+"Susie"
Saturday, May 29th, 2004
8:00PM
$10.00 RSVP Requested adults only-no kids!
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Memorial Day
"Crash Cinema"
Biker Classic: "Electra Glide In Blue" Plus! "36 Inch Baton" + "Use of Mace"
And "Seat Belt for Susie"
EVENT: Memorial Day CRASH CINEMA: Biker Classic- "Electra Glide in Blue", starring Robert
Blake and Jeanine Riley, Also screening will be "Techniques in the Use of the 36 Inch Baton",
"Use of Mace" and "Seat Belt for Suzie".
DATE: Saturday, May 29th, 2004
TIME: 8:00PM
VENUE: Oddball Film+Video, 275 Capp St, San Francisco.
ADMISSION: $10.00. Seating is limited. RSVP to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 415-558-8112 is
requested.
NOTE: This program will be screened in 16mm film.
"Crash Cinema"
On Saturday, May 29th Oddball Film+Video will present Crash Cinema: "Electra Glide in Blue",
directed by James Guerico and starring Robert Blake and Jeanine Riley. Also screening will be
"Techniques in the Use of the 36 Inch Baton", "Use of Mace" and "Seat Belt for Suzie".
Screening is at 8:00PM at Oddball Film+Video, 275 Capp St., San Francisco. Admission is
$10.00. Seating is limited. RSVP to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 415-558-8112 is requested.
The biker flick had long since run out of gas when this cult favorite originally roared onto the
big screen, but it made such an impact that its anti-Easy Rider stance has resonated ever
since.
Directed by James William Guerico, who played with Frank Zappa and managed the rock band
Chicago during their early career, this story of a "vertically-challenged" Arizona motorcycle
cop with a conscience leaves its mark long after the camera pulls back from the
unforgettable closing shot.
Robert Blake stars as John Wintergreen, who patrols the spectacular open spaces of
Monument Valley on a Harley-Davidson Electra Glide, a vehicle he hates and describes as the
"elephant under my ass." He�d much rather be transferred to homicide and work as a
detective, getting paid to use his brain instead of busting hippies or issuing tickets for petty
traffic offences.
His sought after transfer and big break comes with tragic consequences as Blake turns in a
stand-out performance (he was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1974 for Best Actor) amidst
striking action sequences, good characterizations(Jeanine Riley among them) and
breathtaking visuals shot in Monument Valley.
PLUS!
Watch in jaw-dropping amazement as officers from the San Francisco Police Department
batter a lifeless dummy with their nightsticks in the hilarious training film
"TECHNIQUES IN THE USE OF THE 36 INCH BATON" (B+W, 16mm, 1960s) by the San Francisco
Police Department
Bureau of Photography. Don�t miss this rare, one of a kind law enforcement film purchased
from a homeless man on the mean streets of San Francisco!
"USE OF MACE" (Color, 16mm, 1967) The Pittsburgh Police Department demonstrates its "new
tool for law enforcement"-Mace on a live volunteer in this Readers Digest(!) promotional
short that's equal parts hysterical and terrifying in its total naivete.
The classic car crash safety film "SAFETY BELT FOR SUSIE"(Color, 16mm, 1963) uses footage
of staged test traffic accidents, lovingly filmed in slow motion on an airstrip somewhere near
UCLA�s Institute of Traffic and Engineering. As bulky 1950s sedans T-bone each other at 40
miles per hour, test baby dolls fly into windshields and camera lenses. Follow up shots
include close-ups of severed doll arms and legs on the pavement. All this is accompanied by
dramatic horns, ominous timpani rolls, and sound effects of crashing metal, squealing tires,
and crying babies.
"Safety Belt For Susie" is ostensibly about the Norwood family(Dad narrates) and their
daughter Nancy. Nancy has a creepy, life-sized doll, Susie, whom she drags everywhere.
Susie gets smashed when the family plows their 1962 Dodge into a tree. Luckily, the doctor
who treats the parents� cuts and scrapes also happens to be an expert on test-crash baby
dolls. He repairs Susie and Mr. and Mrs. Norwood promise to strap both Nancy and her look-
alike doll into the backseat whenever they go driving from now on.
All this and more suprises!
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Oddball Film+Video 275 Capp Street San Francisco 415-558-8112 www.oddballfilm.com/resources/events_parent.html
Between 17th and 18th, Mission and South Van Ness, closer to 18th St.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] 415.558.8112 www.oddballfilm.com
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